Qualityindex.com reveals the top 10 critically acclaimed iPhone games and apps of March 2011

If you were wondering what the best reviewed iPhone games and apps on the web last month were, here's the Quality Index ( Qi) round-up for March to fill you in.

Qualityindex.com boasts over 55,000 scores from the world's best websites, such as 148Apps, Pocket Gamer, and Know Your Mobile, and uses a unique metric to create a single definitive score for each iPhone title.

(N.B. The monthly games chart is based on titles released and reviewed in the last month. The apps chart is based on titles released and reviewed over the last three months. Hence, this is not a cumulative chart and earlier released titles may have higher scores.)

Following Speedball 2's triumphant return to the video game arena last month, another wily 20-year veteran Final Fantasy III has dusted off its magic wand, chosen its finest walking shoes, and promptly summoned up the #1 position in March. Kairosoft's follow-up to its well received Game Dev Story, meanwhile, traded consoles and coders for saunas and solariums, Hot Springs Story more than content to bathe in the limelight of third. The Angry Birds flock, for once, had to settle for something other than the top branch of Qi's chart, though the Rio-based spin-off still garnered muchos kudos.

At the launch of iPad 2 a few weeks ago, Apple debuted its music creation software GarageBand. And whilst the iPhone community waits patiently for this keyboard hobbyist's dream app to filter down to the 3.5-inch touchscreen, Guitar World Lick of the Day and iBone - the Perfect Trombone competently fill the void this month. For those with less lofty sonic ambitions, Bome Software's After the Beep! supplies the tools for leaving 'zany', memorable - and brilliantly misleading - voicemail messages.

We'll continue to provide an updated listing each and every month, together with a round-up of the year. For all the up-to-date information on which games, apps, and publishers are reviewing best, head on over to the Quality Index now.

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Steel Media is a leading mobile consumer technology publisher based in the UK. With a team boasting over 50 years of experience in consumer and contract publishing, the company currently publishes Europe's biggest mobile and handheld gaming website PocketGamer.co.uk, the leading mobile games industry portal PocketGamer.biz, and consumer friendly mobile entertainment site PocketPicks.co.uk. Steel Media also runs the iPhone Alliance and Smartphone Alliance advertising networks, syndicates content to mobile operators and handset manufacturers, and provides a range of editorial, design, and other contract publishing services to a number of leading blue chip brands.

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